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Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect: a standalone construct

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Cosmology

a distortion of the cosmic microwave background spectrum when its photons scatter off hot electrons in galaxy clusters.

In cosmology, Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect refers to a distortion of the cosmic microwave background spectrum when its photons scatter off hot electrons in galaxy clusters. This meaning comes from Birkinshaw (1999) in Physics Reports.[1]

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References

Birkinshaw, M. (1999). The Sunyaev–Zel'dovich effect. Physics Reports, 310(2-3), 97-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0370-1573(98)00080-5

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